Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
Eastern gray beardtongue is a soft-haired Appalachian penstemon with lavender-purple tubes, happy in the part shade and average soils of woodland edges.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~8 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MS, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV
Related native plants
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